Clothes-drier.



No. 686,492. Patented Nov. I2, l90l.

J. VERBEKE & P. WRIGHT. CLOTHES DRIER.-

(Applioabin filed May 13, 1901.

1 v N I; N E W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN VERBEKE AND PAUL WRIGHT, OF WALLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 686,492, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed May 13, 1901 To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN VERBEKE, residing at 17 Union street, and PAUL WRIGHT, residing at 41 Lodi road, Wallington, Bergen county, New Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Briers, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The present invention relates to that class of clothes-drying apparatus which is suspended in the air between the window of a dwelling and some opposite post, wall, or other support; and the object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen the construction and to render its operation in use more convenient.

It has been common heretofore in such constructions to extend two parallel wires or ropes from the house and to operate pulleys or movable clamps upon the same with cross-ropes between them to carry the garments. Wooden racks have also been made movable upon parallel wires, with bars in their upper and lower parts to carry the clothing; but in all such constructions the complication of parts renders them liable to get out of order or expensive to construct.

In the present invention the hanger-bars are formed with a hole in each end, and we fit such holes directly upon the supportingwires, so that thebars slide directly thereon. The ends of the bars outside of the wires are connected at suitable intervals to two ropes, and the outer ends of the ropes are connected to a cord which is led over suitable pulleys to that end ofthe drier where the clothes are hung upon the bars.

The construction and operation will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the apparatus; Fig. 2, a frontview of one of the bars detached from the wires; and Fig. 3, an edge view of several of the bars attached to the end rope, Figs. 2 and 3 being drawn upon a larger scale than Fig. 1.

A designates the house, with window B, from the-opposite sides of which wires 0 are extended to a cross-piece D upon a post E.

The hanger-bars F are formed of fiat slats Serial No. 59 ,937. (No model.)

with hole G in each end through the thickness of the slat, and a notch H is preferably formed in the outer end of the slat transverse to the width to receive the rope I. The inner ends of the ropes I are attached to the house, and they are secured to the ends of the hangerbars by staples J, and the outer ends of the ropes are connected to a cord K, which is extended over pulley L and secured to a cleat M at the house. By pulling the cord outward the hanger-bars may all be drawn awayfrom the house and extended upon the wires 0. The hanger-bars are arranged at such distances apart that each can be reached in turn from the window and pulled close to the same to be loaded with the clothing, and when thus loaded they are pulled successively outward by drawing in the cord K, which is then fastened to the cleat M or in any convenient manner. Nothing could be more simple than this construction, as the slats are cheap and are fitted directly to the wires, and the ropes are secured to the ends of the slats by ordinary staples J By using flat slats for the bars the entire series occupy very little space under the window when they are all drawn in to be loaded, and the outer bar can thus be readily reached and the clothes pinned thereon and such bar then pushed outward to give access to the next one.

The edges of the hanger-bars are rounded to facilitate the application of clothes-pins to the same with the clothes, and galvanizedwire clothes-pins of any ordinary or suitable construction are used for such purpose.

In practice the hanger-bars are fastened about two feet apart and are made about six feet in length, and thus afford at least three times as much support for the clothes as a rope stretched directly from the house to the crosspiece D.

The connections commonly used to support hanger-bars upon the wires or cables require separate parts attached to the hanger-bars, while ours dispenses with such separate parts, and thus makes the construction more cheap and simple.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein is- The combination, with the parallel wires 0 supported as described, of the flat hangerbars F having the holes G in their opposite 5 cord carried over a pulley for extending the ends fitted directly to the wires, and having our hands in the presence of two subscribing the notches H in the ends with ropes I sewitnesses. cured therein by staples J, the ends of the ropes being connected to the cord K and the JOHN VERBEKE' PAUL WRIGHT.

bars, substantially as herein shown and de- Witnesses: scribed. ANTHONY MARTIN,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ANTHONY VAN GULICK. 

